Planning Using Primavera Project Planner P3, Version 3.1: Including Updated Workshops

P3 supports OLE, Object Linking and Embedding.
You may place an object such as a table or graph from Excel, a picture or text in the Bar Chart area using the Paste function.
A Linked object is linked to the original file, then any changes to the original file are reflected in the Object displayed in the Bar Chart area.
An object becomes part of the P3 file when it is Embedded in the Bar Chart area and may only be edited by opening the P3 file and editing the Object from P3.
The commands associated with objects covered in this chapter are:
View, Attachment Tools
View, Objects
Insert, Object
Edit, Paste
Edit, Find Objects
Edit, Object
Edit, Paste Link and
Edit, Links.
Select View, Attachment Tools to display the tools form. This allows you to place objects on the Bar Chart shown in the example below:
An object, the Australian Flag, is placed by clicking on the
icon.
A vertical line, running through the a of an by clicking on the
icon.
A vertical shaded area, by clicking on the
icon.
Some text, by clicking on the
icon.

These objects may be selected by clicking on the
icon and selecting the object to be edited or deleted.
Clicking on the
opens the Attachment Configuration form. This is used to attach an object to an Activity ID or Group tiles.

This option either displays or...